R. Scott Clark teaching the Papist view of the Word of God

R. Scott Clark is a papist whore, who teaches heresy at Westminster Seminary, California. In his 2008 book titled: “Recovering The Reformed Confession,” Clark teaches the Roman Catholic view of the Word of God:

"Our theology, piety, and practice were confessed before us and transmitted to us by OTHERS. It is, therefore, a TRADITION, that we have received. TRADITION is not simply an extracanonical idea, but a biblical concept."
(Recovering The Reformed Confession, Chapter 1, page 7, emphasis mine)



Notice Clark admits that the tradition he accepts as authoritative in matters of faith and practice is extra-Biblical (not found in the teachings of the Bible). He admits his tradition-theology comes from fallible, uninspired, and sinful men—not Scripture ALONE. The idea that the Word of God is Scripture and Tradition is Roman Catholic—NOT PROTESTANT!

By contrast, Calvinism defines the Word of God in all matters of faith and practice to be Scripture alone (Sola Scriptura).

Tradition is excluded, and the notion of a “Reformed tradition” is an oxymoron (self-contradicting nonsense).

In Calvinism, we have doctrine taken from explicit statements and valid deductions from Scripture alone—not tradition. Doctrine is based on the Bible alone, while tradition is false, sinful, and antithetical to doctrine. This clear and decisive dichotomy was established in Isaiah 55:7-11 and Mark 7:13, for example.

This is why the Protestant Reformers taught that the church has no doctrine of its own, for God’s doctrine is found in Scripture alone. Tradition is the product of unconverted and sinful minds. The teachings of sinners are to be tested by Scripture alone (Isaiah 8:20), and wherever they contradict the Bible, they are to be rejected. If R. Scott Clark’s notion of tradition was Biblical, there never would have been a Protestant Reformation.

Scripture alone is inspired, authoritative, infallible, sufficient, and necessary (1 Corinthians 4:6, 2 Timothy 3:15-17)—not the Westminster Confession of Faith, not the Heidelberg Catechism, and not the Institutes of the Christian Religion.

Jan Huss (1369-1415), for instance, did just fine teaching Scripture alone, justification by faith alone, salvation by grace alone, absolute predestination, and limited atonement without having ever read the Westminster Confession, nor the Bondage of the Will. How did Huss do that? Because he took his doctrine from the Bible alone—not Scripture and tradition. The papists burned Huss, because he rejected R. Scott Clark’s teaching.

Listen, some tyrant can take up all of the Reformed confessions and creeds by force—take the confessions and burn them all in public—and that will not stop a single Christian from confessing the truth of Scripture one second. We’ll simply write new confessions—as good or better than the prior ones, for our confessions about what we think is true are based on the Bible alone.

Pay attention, R. Scott Clark is wrong. We do not acquire Christian faith from the traditions of men, but by Word and Spirit:

"Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come."
(John 16:13)

"And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works."
(2 Timothy 3:15-17)